CA18592 - The Dean Trust Tender for Cleaning Services
- Buyer
- The Dean Trust
- Value
- £4,648,437
- Closes
- 4 December 2026
- Where
- Sale, the North West
- Type
- Open tender
In plain English
The Dean Trust, a group of schools across Manchester, Trafford, Knowsley and Wigan, is looking for a cleaning company to take on routine daily cleaning and periodic deep cleaning carried out outside term time at 11 of its schools. The contract is worth about £4.6 million over 3 years, starting 1 September 2027.
What the buyer wants
• Provide regular, routine daily cleaning across 11 schools to a consistent standard • Carry out periodic specialist cleaning during school holidays, outside term-time operation • Manage one contract covering sites in four local authority areas, with staffing, supervision and reporting across all of them
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
The £4.6 million value, the requirement to run 11 sites across four local authority areas, the need for a proven track record in schools, and the likely TUPE transfer of existing staff will probably shut out most small businesses.
How to bid
This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.
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